#C55D31#C55D31

#C55D31 is a mid, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.145 H 42.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C55D31
RGB	rgb(197, 93, 49)
HSL	hsl(18, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(18, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.8%, 75.1%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.75, 38.66, 43.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.75, 58.40, 48.55°)
OKLab	oklab(59.86% 0.1077 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(59.86% 0.145 42.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.4974, 19.9242, 5.3029)
Luminance	0.1992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C55D31 #3199C5

analogous

#C5314F #C55D31 #C5A731

triadic

#C55D31 #31C55D #5D31C5

tetradic

#C55D31 #4FC531 #3199C5 #A731C5

square

#C55D31 #4FC531 #3199C5 #A731C5

split-complementary

#C55D31 #31C5A7 #314FC5

monochromatic

#632F19 #944625 #C55D31 #D7815D #E3A78E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.21

#C55D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.98

#C55D31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #C55D31

4.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C55D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C55D31	1.00	4.21	4.98	4.98
#FFFFFF	4.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A6D2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#93842E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D84754

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c55d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 93, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.145 42.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de8d6b',
    500: '#c55d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c55d31;
$custom-light: #de8d6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c55d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 17.838,
    "s": 60.163,
    "l": 48.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59858,
    "c": 0.1451,
    "h": 42.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C55D31

secondary

#85B8CD

accent

#B4E344

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDF0EB

border

#D5CBC6

text

#160C07

muted

#847D7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C55D31

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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